Vision, Mission + Impact

Vision

The Center for Collaborative Education (CCE) envisions a just and equitable world in which every student is college- and career-ready, and prepared to become a compassionate, thoughtful and contributing global citizen.

Mission

CCE’s mission is to transform schools to ensure that all students succeed. We partner with educators and leaders to develop strategies, processes and tools that support our vision of schools that prepare every student to achieve academically and make a positive contribution to a democratic society.

We fulfill this mission in three primary ways:

• Creating, supporting and sustaining learning environments that are collaborative, democratic and equitable
• Building capacity within districts and schools to adopt effective practices that promote collaborative, democratic and equitable learning for students and educators
• Catalyzing systemic change at the state, district and school levels through policy, research and advocacy work

Impact

We measure our impact through the lens of CCE’s vision; flexible schools in which:

• Democratic values are nurtured and modeled; equity and diversity are intentionally embedded in all practices
• Teaching and learning are purposeful, challenging, and have value beyond school
• Decisions are made as close to the learner as possible
• Assessment demonstrates the competence of students and educators in multiple ways
• Educators work in a collaborative community of practice to improve teaching and learning